Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:43:04 -0500 From: eculp@unixmania.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from an old athlon to a new 64 bit one. Message-ID: <20070628114304.512m6zqigwkg088c@intranet.unixmania.com> In-Reply-To: <20070628170202.43e64182@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <20070627145452.ytifppt70oc480s8@intranet.unixmania.com> <20070628011057.5a0d90b5@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20070628101239.6fs4qrpz8k8kkosw@intranet.unixmania.com> <20070628170202.43e64182@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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Quoting RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:12:39 -0500 > eculp@unixmania.com wrote: > > >> What I am trying to do is compile an amd64 kernel, install it and >> see what happens ;) I can always go back to the generic kernel >> compiled in sys/i386. > > amd64 and i386 are different platforms in the same sense that sparc64 > and ppc are different platforms. An AMD 64 is not back-compatible to > pentium pro code when it's in 64-bit mode. Whilst 32-bit binaries can > be run on the amd64 platform, they need special handling, you can't > just mix-and-match world and kernel platforms. Thanks, RW. I had assumed that and had hoped to run my make buildworld, make buildkernel, mergemaster, make installkernel and make installworld then upgrade all ports. The problem is that I haven't been able to figure out, how to build using all amd64. Again very dumb on my part, I'm sure. ed
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